reprehend

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If the public taste in any direction, in politics, in letters, or any of the other Arts grows debased, and current critical opinion follows the debasement, Literature can only stand apart, or loftily reprehend them.

From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred

I will take my liberty to praise what I like, as well as they do to reprehend what they do not like.”

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

Sure, if I reprehend any thing in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!

From The Rivals A Comedy by Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

In cases where a man takes the liberty after this manner to reprehend others, it is commonly said, "Let him look at home."

From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various

In submitting to your view the conduct of the troops under my command on this occasion, I find every thing to applaud, nothing to reprehend.

From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand